TH man in jail after fleeing ISP during northside traffic stop

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Phillippi/Vigo Co. Jail

​By Lucy Perry
Indiana Central News

A Terre Haute man was arrested on multiple charges after police say he ran during a traffic stop on the city's north side yesterday evening.

Jeremy Phillippi, 42, was booked into the Vigo County Jail and charged with: Driving while intoxicated with a passenger less than 18 years of age, a Class 6 felony; operating a vehicle while intoxicated -Prior, s Class 6 felony; driving while intoxicated, a Class A misdemeanor; resisting law enforcement, a Class A misdemeanor; and driving while suspended, a Class A misdemeanor.

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Once apprehended, Indiana State Police Sgt. Matt Ames said Phillippi appeared intoxicated and refused to submit to a certified chemical test. Ames noted that Phillippi’s girlfriend and her one-year-old son were also in the vehicle at the time of the incident.

According to the report, Trooper Andrew Mattern initiated a traffic stop on the silver passenger car at First Avenue, near 19th Street, around 6 p.m. The vehicle allegedly had disregarded a stop sign and failed to signal a turn. 

After continuing on for about a mile, the vehicle came to an abrupt stop, Ames said, adding that the suspect got out of the vehicle and took off running to the north.  The suspect disregarded all orders to stop, and a subsequent foot chase ensued.

Phillippi reportedly was taken into custody when a tall privacy fence impeded his efforts to escape through a nearby yard.

Sgt. Kris Fitzgerald and Indiana Department of Child Services assisted at the scene.